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Is Cron The Secret To A Longer Life?

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265567920_db19ec9e23[1] So what does Cron actually stand for, it is a acronym for Calorie Restriction with Optimum Nutrition. I wrote a post a while back now about calorie restriction but this goes into a bit more depth, and what the effects can be.

A Longer Lifespan

Here are four typical examples of different life forms that benefited from calorie reduction within their eating habits.

A Bowl and Doily spider would normally live for an average of fifty days and approximately a maximum of day hundred days, if you change the diet to the calorie restriction it changes dramatically from a average of ninety days to a maximum of one hundred and thirty nine days.

A Guppy’s fish lifespan is on average thirty-three months and a maximum of fifty-nine months, when you change it over to calorie reduction, the average lifespan is forty-six months and the maximum being fifty-nine months.

Protozoan which is a basic life form, and can infect humans, its average lifespan is seven days and maximum is fourteen days, on calorie reduction it’s average is thirteen days and maximum is twenty five days.

A white rat whose average lifespan would be twenty-three months and maximum would be thirty-three months, switch over to calorie reduction the average is thirty-three and maximum is forty-seven months.

So as you look over these figures there is a dramatic increase. With the examples shown, switch over to eating the calorie reduction way.

What Are the Short-Term Benefits?

These benefits are not necessarily set in stone but noted by the members of the Cron Society, and are not scientifically validated but presented here just for educational information for those interested.

They noted

Less fewer colds and flu
Less headaches
Less general aches and pains
Less haemorrhoids
Improved skin tone if they had acne or similar skin blemishes
An hour or two gained from having less sleep, they didn’t need as much sleep
Better over all focus and clarity when it came to making decisions and doing tasks
Overall better mental health less mood swings, their minds seem to be a lot clearer and have less clutter and less likely to suffer from phobias
Better overall stamina and energy

What Are the Long-Term Benefits?

Cancer prevention this goes right across the board including breast cancer, GI, prostrate etc
Possible prevention of diabetes
Prevention of hypertension, which is things like high blood pressure
Cardiovascular disease prevention, which is related to things like heart disease, and less likely to suffer from circulatory problems.
Respiratory health problems are far less likely
Problems associated with kidneys are less likely to happen
Autoimmune diseases which are Lupus, and anemia etc
Prevention of age muscle wasting

What Do You Eat When On it ?

Here is a sample of the recipes that you eat if you want to try it. These are from the Cron’s website

Breakfast

1 cup (5oz, 145g)

Non-fat cottage cheese* 120 calories

23 nuts (1oz, 28g)

Almonds, raw 160 calories

1 cup (5oz, 150g) Strawberries (or other berries)

50 calories

Nutrition Snack** (e.g. one Balance bar)

200 calories

Total breakfast Calories = 530

Lunch:

5 oz. (140g) Chicken breast, skinless, boiled, baked or roasted* 230 calories

½ cup (80g) Broccoli (steamed, boiled, or raw)

25 calories

½ cup (60g) Cauliflower (steamed, boiled, or raw)

15 calories

1 tbl Olive oil (extra virgin)

120 calories

½ tsp Herbs and Spices****

5 calories

1 medium Orange 65 calories

Total Lunch Calories = 460 calories

2 cups Green, leafy salad (may include lettuce, cabbage, spinach)

20 calories

¼ fillet (3oz, 90g) Salmon, canned low-salt or fresh-baked* 185 calories

7oz (200g) Sweet potato, baked

180 calories

1 tbl Olive oil

120 calories

½ tsp Herbs and Spices****

5 calories

1 tbl Vinegar

5 calories

Total dinner = Calories 515 calories

This is just one day of eating on the Cron diet plan there are six more days besides this you can see them here on their website here is the link Cron Meals This information is for educational purposes. I had a link sent to me and this is what is on Crons site.

Source and references http://www.cron-web.org/